-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-05-20 19:43, Todd Lasman wrote: > The dogma, as I understand it, is that it's safer to clone a template, > make changes to the clone, then base your AppVM's off of that cloned > template. > > - From the Qubes website: > "It is highly recommended to clone the original template, and make any > changes in the clone instead of the original template. The following > command clones the template. Replace your-new-clone with your desired > name..." > > My question is, why? It seems to me that if you ever needed the original > template back, you could just download it again from the repository. Am > I missing something? > > Todd >
The main reasons are that user customizations are not guaranteed to be preserved in RPM-managed templates, and they're harder to back up and restore. - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJZIOlyAAoJENtN07w5UDAwXk0QAKK0qa179ZbyfW8iIqVvsnGS UIVOYfQdg6PEMRUbncCXzDf83AP3u3E2DLN3tqCWtrwj5vKHDxQUx8EKziN+FIDL Zu7EQ6txl5ruZYPo8RS4Q0C75QQFaImisgG1S1QN+B43eifjFzPIBfCkHNhsQELe t9DUjWee/rOMZOvcPuAvj+VfOIokXsiyz7X+KL9DDXCbHRr6iFDAPYPRhkp8+0SK N7nM3e0Rhd+ILJS5mYVrFjqd7VnjahQRDqIDbHjRPl8/mF+ZyqmCa/Ua69T0JDzE j7oHVHTovWX5ApVmlsLCFEp7yc/6pnzob/1YqHMwR8NB+VN5h1Sf1C6oyGoooOg2 foL7kwtOJaQhzal9kh1M6Sq/xP6Vxw36oHR8U4dgZTpPABVzDNxJPVZLnkRkOJuc yB88CgZKmD6H55gLYIepvXbQ9jBVooCIU81En3uhkEj9HTd+gTJVHa0akUtE4Oh3 aSe71lP6FdCkcmj/GK4DdkBw1DnVXgeBO/dFeyAp+zTdxI0wOYqVzdiwrOLpMX+a mF3SaLkPznThJj+26pUdpAY8gag/5lBct2xvVgYelOkre+NCWAkBjE2/Pzt+8u3c vEsbbXFJbohIc0Y1kBBSHuTkr8EzXTaBWXcOqYV8IAnR+/MxMiGI65VkKT73k9+n 4WHblzb7/V1T3Dx3TG/b =ddOu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/3923cad9-50c4-1de0-458e-98aea6e44008%40qubes-os.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
